The Basics of a One Light Setup: A Lighting Tutorial

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[@LoveLynetteTan]

Thanks for this video. A one-light set up really simplifies things for a home studio

[@TheSlantedLens]

Very true. And it gives you time to build up your equipment.

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So nice to have such a highly professional studio used to make a tutorial. Thank you!

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All of the commercial department stores in our area have closed down due to that 'trickle down effect'--I am jumping on the opportunity but have not shot in door portraits for ages. This is just perfect to warm me up to doing simple set ups...low fuss..high impact. Thank you ..thank you for all your great tips...well done.

[@donniedarko1345]

Love that you used a sphere to demonstrate lighting. i learned lighting as a photography major in college way back in 1999; my professor used this same method. Lighting is a lot of trial and error while simultaneously using tried and true methods.

[@TheSlantedLens]

Thanks for sharing with us Donnie. I learned a lot of these basic lighting techniques from my professor as well! It definitely a lot of fun to build off of the basics and create new lighting situations.

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[@sandy1995]

For anyone wondering what Rembrandt lighting is. It is a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named for the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this type of lighting.

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Very simple and easy understand guide. Thank for sharing.

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Simple tips but really useful. Thanky ou for sharing your amazing knowledge!

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Excellent explanation Teacher

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Oh and the nylon / panty hose trick is great, another trick that cinematographers use is to put the material (usually panty hose) in between the lens and the film / sensor. This gives a very diffused / soft focus look to vintage pieces etc.

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[@sandy1995]

So you can achieve this gray background effect with only one soft box and a reflector. Pretty cool!

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Fantastic tutorial.. Thank you for sharing with us

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Thanks Curtis.

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I'm about as beginner as it gets and this was quite interesting. You just need to look past the equipment and see the science. Can't wait to apply some of these angles!

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Thanks so much, Jackie.

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I feel the same :)

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"Pulling stills" seems to take some of the excitement out of a photo shoot but I imagine it's the way of the future. Thanks for the video.

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Interesting one light photo setup, thanks. It clarified a lot for me.

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Great tutorial. Where do you get your backdrops? Any alternatives to paper that look good and will last?

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Great tutorial. Only video? This is the future of studio photography now?

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I watch all these videos at 1.5x speed and it seems to be about the right pace for information delivery.

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I thoroughly like the introduction of the secret that makes it all work: 1:14

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lovely video, easy to understand.. & i liked thee consept of ball!

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This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@rochelledouglass6327]

I really appreciate the way you explain the lighting. I feel like I am finally learning more.

[@JosephTaibiJr]

A little confused. This is titled, "The Basics of a One Light Setup: A Lighting Tutorial" but as soon as you start using the model there's a square softbox as key lighting plus an octobox for fill. Is the one light portion simply the initial setup using the ball?

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I thought the extra lighting was for the video shoot...

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Great tutorial...

[@AndresCuervoArt]

Amazing video Thank you soo much for enlighten us with such good knowledge ... in your experience do you read light in the first position and when she is moving around on the same axis do you keep exposure or do you need to re read light?

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Perfectly explain with exact examples i like it i understand it easily nice and thanks for this information Love it

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I thanks for the video ! Very nice ! A question, do you fire the flash also or do you use only the light of the Softbox ? Thanx !

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Very helpful information.

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[@TheSlantedLens]

Great catch. It seemed like a cannon. Very powerful camera. lol.

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This was great, keep it going!

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+Stefan Yasin Thanks Stefan!

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[@jclark2317]

Nice, JP, I always like your videos. I am still not entirely sure what you meant by "core". I haven't heard that term before and didn't find much when I tried to google it. Is it merely the brightest part of the fill? And if so, are you saying you should leave that hot spot away from the highlight to shadow line? If I understood that correctly, that means you'd want highlight, transition to shadow, transition to fill "highlight", transition back to shadow, all happening on the face. That doesn't sound right, so just wondering. Thanks!

[@Kamera_Ninja]

As always, I love your videos. would have been interested in seeing the single light set up but comparing different light modifiers to that same light.

[@agoniavr]

Is that a photography oriented ball or it's just a random object? What material is this and what would you suggest getting? I'd love to have something like that to test light setups before getting people in the studio.

[@PauloRocka]

Excelent video, nice tutorial, clear, technical, wow! Thank you, you guys ROCK!

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Excelente tutorial. Es la forma como a mí me gusta hacer retratos. Una sola luz + rebote.

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I´m starting to learn photography an this lesson has teached me a lot. Thank you very much. Greetings from Venezuela

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Tamron is one of their major sponsors for the videos.

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[@TheSlantedLens]

That is a great though. I will look to do something like that as a follow up.

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[@polarisworks]

6:34 Cannon?? Who edited this video?

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Very Informative, Thank you.

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nice explanation,thanks

[@MrGangel77]

great tute with the sphere, thanks a lot

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This is awesome. Thank you!!

[@TheSlantedLens]

Erin Lee Great to hear, thanks for watching!

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+Greek Paradox Thanks so much!

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Thanks, good instruction all round

[@haffordj]

great work! Thanks so much for the tutorial

[@paulaggarao]

Cool! What lights do you use? Thanks.

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about the Egyptian look !!! well she looks to me as sherihan actress you'r a genius

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wow! this is a great tutorials indeed!

[@hawridger]

It's the difference in the white balance for the tungsten lights on set vs. the 1D C's LCD display. The bluish cast on the 1D C's LCD comes from the camera shooting the BTS video, NOT on the 1D C shooting the model.

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Can you do a video with not so expensive gear

[@Neopulse00]

Use a Sony RX100III then and some LED panels

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[@palmernoah]

Wonderful tutorial. I love this!

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Pretty Model, yeah so how does that Tamron stack up to the other 2.8 70-200 lenses under $1,500 if you can tell us? Thx

[@BriannaEasonOnYoutube]

This was so great! Thank you! I'm trying to learn more about lighting to improve my vlogs/sketches on youtube and I think this will help a lot!

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I love your videos. And I think this was a great video. With that said please don't take this the wrong way but the title to this video really doesn't match. I think people are looking for simplistic tutorials in the end up watching a ton of these videos for hours and not learn anything. Because it's above your paygrade. And this is a great video don't get me wrong. My issue is the title seems like it's going to be a different type of video.

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